Road of Tomorrow
RCA introduced television at the 1939 World's Fair. General Motors built its Futurama. But Ford's "Road of Tomorrow," shown here at the Ford Pavilion in Flushing Meadows, featured a cork-and-rubber surface and ramps that were stacked like platters of spinning records.
Here, drivers would take fair visitors on an endless figure-eight track to "symbolize the advances America may expect in transportation." The Times wrote that the model highway would forecast the future of elevated roads. Aside from giving riders a great view of the Fair, the road also threaded through the Ford building itself where passengers could get a glimpse of Henry Ford's first car.
RCA introduced television at the 1939 World's Fair. General Motors built its Futurama. But Ford's "Road of Tomorrow," shown here at the Ford Pavilion in Flushing Meadows, featured a cork-and-rubber surface and ramps that were stacked like platters of spinning records.
Here, drivers would take fair visitors on an endless figure-eight track to "symbolize the advances America may expect in transportation." The Times wrote that the model highway would forecast the future of elevated roads. Aside from giving riders a great view of the Fair, the road also threaded through the Ford building itself where passengers could get a glimpse of Henry Ford's first car.
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RCA introduced television at the 1939 World's Fair. General Motors built its Futurama. But Ford's "Road of Tomorrow," shown here at the Ford Pavilion in Flushing Meadows, featured a cork-and-rubber surface and ramps that were stacked like platters of spinning records.
Here, drivers would take fair visitors on an endless figure-eight track to "symbolize the advances America may expect in transportation." The Times wrote that the model highway would forecast the future of elevated roads. Aside from giving riders a great view of the Fair, the road also threaded through the Ford building itself where passengers could get a glimpse of Henry Ford's first car.
